DEARBORN STEM ACADEMY
PRINCIPAL NEWS AND NOTES, Vol. 1, No. 3
Week of September 17, 2018
How can you help us?
Families can support us by making sure students get here every day and on time. We start serving breakfast at 7:00 am and students report to their first class at 7:30 am.
We also want our students to wear a DSA t-shirt, sweatshirt or polo shirt every day. If you need support please contact Principal Brown or Principal Olsen.
Did you know?
On October 22 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, the Dearborn STEM Academy will host a visit from Governor Baker and other state and local officials as the Governor kicks-off STEM Week, October 22-26.
How come I didn't get an "M" Bus Card?
"Next Steps" Fair at the Dearborn...
On October 4th from 9-11 a.m Dearborn Stem Academy will host several local colleges and universities in the first of many college and career experiences for our students:
COLLEGE/University/Non-Profit
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Simmons College
WPI
UMass Dartmouth
UMass Amherst
MCPHS
UMass Lowell
Suffolk University
Bridgewater State
U Maine
Wheaton College
Regis College
Brandeis
Year Up
9-9:30: Grade 12
9:30-10: Grade 11
10:10:30: Grade 10
10:30-11: Grade 9
Here is a link our Student-Family Handbook!
Meet our ESL team
Bottom row left to right: Natalina Mendes, Jennifer Goodman
Middle row left to right: Natanael Duarte, Carmen Medina-Silva, Edna Leith
Top row left to right: Amy DeMatteo, Matthew Ruggiero
The ESL team invites you to collaborate with us in supporting our English Learners in any way: creating interdisciplinary units, offering lesson/unit feedback, learning about your content curriculum so we can support students during ESL class, etc. Here's what we do:
Amy DeMatteo-- Director of Instruction for ELs
Natanael Duarte-- Native Literacy (SLIFE) and History 7 & 8 for SEI sections
Jennifer Goodman-- MS and HS ESL 3; HILT 2 for SLIFE
Edna Leith-- HS ESL 3 and HILT 1 for SLIFE
Carmen Medina-Silva-- MS & HS ESL 1
Natalina Mendes-- SLIFE Math and 6 Math for SEI section
Matthew Ruggiero-- MS & HS ESL 2
Uniform...
A DSA t-shirt, polo shirt or sweatshirt. It must say DSA. We are not focused on the pants or the shoes; just look school appropriate.
L&M Bargain Store carries the DSA shirts and sweatshirts. They have two locations, one at 745 Dudley Street in Upham's Corner and one in the Plaza at 640 American Legion Highway in Roslindale.
Daily Bell Schedule
Let's communicate!
We will communicate by newsletter with you each week. It will be distributed at the beginning of each school week. The purpose of the newsletter is to inform Dearborn STEM Academy students, staff, and families as well as the greater Dearborn community.
If you would like to add something please submit the contents to the appropriate principal; High School Principal Dana F. Brown, dbrown8@bostonpublicschools.org or Middle School Principal Shelley Olsen, solsen@bostonpublicschools.org
Stories, pictures, calendar reminders, club, activity, and classroom notes are all welcome.
Dana Brown
Shelley Olsen
Visit us!
For our high school students:
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I speak respectfully to all staff and all students within this building.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I show up to school and class on time and ready to learn.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I only use my cell phone in the cafeteria.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I wait until I leave school to use my earbuds or headphones.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I wear a DSA Polo shirt, DSA t-shirt, or DSA sweatshirt every day.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I self-report...if I need some type of DSA shirt I will see a student support person, administrator, or dean in the morning.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I take off my hat, hood, or bandana before I come into the building.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I wear slippers or pajama bottoms at home and not at school.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I believe that clothing depicting harassment, violence, drugs, or weapons is never cool in school.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I take care of my own trash at lunch.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I treat this crown jewel of a building with care and respect. It’s our school.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I really believe in myself and the staff.
I am living up to Dearborn STEM Academy expectations when I dream, plan, set goals, and take positive actions in and out of school in order to succeed.
With all of my support and best wishes,
Dana F. Brown, Principal, Grades 9-12
Call, visit, message
Dana Brown, Principal, Grades 9-12, dbrown8@bostonpublicschools.org
Location: 36 Winthrop Street, Roxbury MA 02119
Phone: 617-635-8412
Twitter: @brownprincipal